Rob Cowan introduces some treasures from his record collection. Plus the recording of Vaughan Williams's Mass recommended in yesterday's CD Review. Music includes:
Delibes Cortege de Bacchus (Ballet: Sylvia) Suisse Romande Orchestra, conductor Ernest Ansermet Handel Where'er You Walk (Semele)
Webster Booth (singer) and orchestra
Schmelzer Sonata No 2 a 8 a due cori Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt Nielsen Cantata for the Commemoration of 11 February 1909 Canzone-Koret, conductor Frans Rasmussen
Strauss Don Juan , Op 20 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Eugen Jochum
Shostakovich, arr Tziganov Preludes, Op 34 (excerpts) Julian Rachiin (violin), Itamar Golan (piano)
Weill Mack the Knife (Threepenny Opera); Alabama Song (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny) Lotte Lenya (voice) and orchestra conducted by Roger Bean
Mozart Piano Sonata in C, K279 Glenn Gould
Victoria Vidi Speciosam Regensburg Cathedral Choir, conductor Hans Schrems
Dohnanyi Suite for Orchestra, Op 19
Danubia SO, conductor Domonkos Heja
Stenhammar Florez und Blanzelflor Ingvar
Wixell (baritone), Munich PO/Stig Westerberg G Gabrieli Canzon per Sonare No 4
E Power Biggs (organ), Boston Brass Ensemble